Unmanned Spaceflight

After four scrubbed attempts because of weather and technical issues, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket finally lifted off the launch pad overnight to orbit the classified NROL-52 satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The textbook perfect flight blasted off from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-41 on Oct. 15 at 3:28 a.m. Eastern

In a historic first, after waiting out inclement weather, Orbital ATK successfully lit up the night sky and launched a Minotaur IV solid-fuel rocket from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 46 last night and delivered the U.S. Air...

Marking the end of an era, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M) thundered into space this morning onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V-401 rocket. Following a 26-minute delay to troubleshoot out of limit temperatures on...

Experiments seeking a better understanding of Parkinson’s disease and the origin of cosmic rays are on their way to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft following today’s 12:31 p.m. EDT launch. Launch Pad Remote...

Major experiments that will look into the human body and out into the galaxy are on their way to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft following its 5:07 p.m. EDT launch aboard a Falcon...

Rocket Lab broke new ground today when its Electron rocket reached space at 16:23 NZST. Electron lifted-off at 16:20 NZST from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. It was the first...

NASA has selected 10 studies under the Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies (PSDS3) program to develop mission concepts using small satellites to investigate Venus, Earth’s moon, asteroids, Mars and the outer planets. For these studies, small...

Blazing a fiery trail in the sky above Cape Canaveral, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket successfully orbited the ninth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS-9) spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force last night, the second launch in...